Abstract: A layer system is provided having at least two layers, an inner layer on a boundary surface of a substrate, wherein the inner layer has a certain roughness in a region of the surface to an outer layer due to a coating processes, wherein a roughness of the boundary surface of the substrate is set in a targeted manner, or the boundary surface is machined, after it has been produced, such that the roughness of the boundary surface of the substrate has peaks and troughs that are at least 20% greater than the roughness of the interface if peaks and troughs were not to be present. As a result of the structured surface of the substrate, this roughness becomes positioned on an interface of the layers located above, and the adhesion of the layers to one another is thereby improved.

Abstract: A bird anti-collision film prevents birds from flying into windows by disrupting visible habitat reflections that might appear on the outside of the windows. The anti-collision film blocks and/or absorbs light that may normally be reflected by a window and also actively scatters, and fluoresces light creating an active light disturbance. The disrupted light includes a light range highly visible by many birds but only partially visible by humans. A textured surface in combination with a fluorescent dye in the anti-collision film increases the intensity and range of the light disturbance. The anti-collision film may be attached to the inside of a window providing the unique advantages of easy inside window installation and insulation from external weather conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate with an antireflection layer not only which is excellent in the antireflection properties but also which has high water repellency and oil repellency and favorable oil and fat stain removability, and a display device provided with a substrate with an antireflection layer. A substrate with an antireflection layer, which comprises an antireflection layer on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the antireflection layer contains a silica porous film having fluorinated organic groups, and the surface of the antireflection layer on the opposite side from the substrate has an element number ratio F/Si of at least 1 as obtained from the peak height of F1s and the peak height of Si2p in surface analysis by scanning X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) and has an arithmetic mean roughness (Sa) of at most 3.0 nm.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an acrylic resin film that is less likely to whiten on bending when laminated on a plastic molded body or the like, has well-balanced physical properties such as high surface hardness, excellent transparency, and excellent cracking resistance, and is therefore suitable for use in decorative molding. The acrylic resin film is obtained by forming, into a film, a methacrylic resin composition (D) containing a specific methacrylate-based resin (A), a rubber-containing four-stage graft copolymer (B) containing rubber particles having an average particle size of 0.2 to 0.4 ?m, and a rubber-containing two-layer graft copolymer (C) containing rubber particles having an average particle size of 0.02 to 0.15 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are an optical laminate including a resin layer on an acrylic base material in which the generation of an interference pattern is suppressed and the adhesiveness between the acrylic base material and the resin layer improves and a method for efficiently manufacturing the optical laminate. In the optical laminate including the resin layer on one surface of the acrylic base material, in a cross-section of the optical laminate in a thickness direction, an interface between the acrylic base material and the resin layer exhibits a ridge having crests and troughs and a length of the ridge corresponding to a standard length of 30 ?m set in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the optical laminate is in a range of 31 ?m to 45 ?m.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin includes a repeat unit represented by Formula 1; a repeat unit represented by Formula 2; and a repeat unit represented by Formula 3, wherein the polycarbonate resin has a weight average molecular weight of about 15,000 g/mol to about 60,000 g/mol and a melt index of about 3 g/10 min to about 40 g/10 min.: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, a, b, c, and d are the same as defined in the specification. The polycarbonate resin for film can exhibit excellent scratch resistance, elongation, chemical resistance and heat resistance, and can be used to prepare a film in roll form without any protective film.

Abstract: An article can have a surface with selected wetting properties for various liquids.

Abstract: The present invention concerns preforms made with a new intermediate material composed of a unidirectional layer of carbon fibers with a weight of 100 to 280 g/m2, associated on each of its faces, with a web of thermoplastic fibers having a thickness of 0.5 to 50 microns, preferably 3 to 35 microns, the intermediate material having a total thickness of 80 to 380 microns, preferably from 90 to 320 microns, and a process for manufacturing composite parts from such preforms and the resulting composite parts.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent electroconductive laminate which can prevent the occurrence of Newton rings between two transparent electrode substrates constituting a transparent touch panel. Also provided is a transparent touch panel which comprises the transparent electroconductive laminate. A transparent electroconductive laminate (14, 15, 16) comprises a transparent organic polymer substrate (16), and comprises an uneven-surfaced hardened resin layer (15) and a transparent electroconductive layer (14) which are successively laminated on at least one side of the transparent organic polymer substrate. The transparent electroconductive laminate is characterized in that the hardened resin layer comprises a hardening resin component and at least one of ultrafine metal oxide particles (A) and ultrafine metal fluoride particles (B), these particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less and being dispersed in the hardening resin component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent electroconductive laminate suitable for use in combination with a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and a transparent touch panel having the transparent electroconductive laminate. The transparent electroconductive laminate comprises a transparent organic polymer substrate 33 having, on at least one surface thereof, a hardcoat (HC) layer 33h, an optical interference layer 32, and a transparent electroconductive layer 31 in this order. The transparent electroconductive laminate satisfies the following conditions: the refractive indexes n3 and n3h of the transparent organic polymer substrate and the HC layer satisfy the following formula: |n3?n3h|?0.02, the thickness of the HC layer is from 1 to 10 ?m, the thickness of the optical interference layer is from 5 to 500 nm, the thickness of the transparent electroconductive layer is from 5 to 200 nm, the total light transmittance is 85% or more, and the b* value is from ?1.0 to less than 1.

Abstract: An article comprises a multi-directional textile of first reinforcing fiber tows extending in a first direction and second reinforcing fiber tows extending in a second direction. Filaments in the first fiber tows extend past a boundary of the textile and are spread. The tows are embedded in resin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a PDMS sheet that ensures good adhesion, handleability and stability to metal thin films or metal patterns of any desired shape. Given a low-molecular-weight siloxane of a cyclic structure represented by [—Si(CH3)2O—]k where k is an integer of 3 to 20 inclusive, the polydimethylsiloxane sheet has a structure where the content of the low-molecular-weight siloxane at the pattern-formation surface is more than that of the low-molecular-weight siloxane at the base surface, and a spacing between the adjacent metal patterns is variable by deformation of the polydimethylsiloxane sheet.

Abstract: We describe a new approach to fabricate polymeric materials with surface structures for applications as anti-reflective, anti-icing, superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, de-wetting, and self-cleaning coatings. In some variations, a surface-textured layer comprises first microdomains and second microdomains each containing polymerized cross-linkable photomonomer, where the first microdomains have a higher average cross-link density than that of the second microdomains. The first microdomains and the second microdomains are in a peak-valley surface topology, providing surface texture with no filler particles.

Abstract: An optical filter includes a first substrate which has a support portion, a second substrate which is supported by the support portion, a first optical film which is provided on the first substrate, and a second optical film which is provided on the second substrate to face the first optical film. The first substrate and the second substrate are fixed to each other by bonding a first bonding film which is provided on the entire region of a support surface of the support portion supporting the second substrate and a second bonding film which is provided on at least a region (opposing surface) facing the entire region of the support surface from a supported surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: An optical film including a thermoplastic birefringent multilayer optical film and a UV-cured layer disposed adjacent an outer layer of the multilayer optical film is described. The outer layer has a thickness in a range of about 0.5 micrometers to about 1.0 micrometers and the UV-cured layer includes a structured surface opposite the outer layer. The UV-cured layer has a Tg less than about 30° C. and has a pencil hardness in a range of 2B to 2H.

Abstract: Disclosed is an inner liner for a pneumatic tire, the inner liner including no less than 8 resin-layers, the resin-layer having a layer A constituted with a resin composition containing a gas barrier resin, and a layer B constituted with a resin composition containing an elastomer, at least one of the resin compositions included in the layer A and the layer B that are adjacent with each other containing a metal salt, the content of the metal salt being no less than 1 ppm and no greater than 10,000 ppm in terms of metal element equivalent, and an interlayer adhesive force between the layer A and the layer B being no less than 500 g/15 mm. The layer A and the layer B are preferably alternately laminated.

Abstract: A laminated body includes: an antireflection film; and a protection film bonded onto the antireflection film. The adhesive layer is a layer with a material formed by cross-linking, with a cross-linking agent (B), and a (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer. The (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer (A) is a copolymer formed by polymerizing monomer components including, in relation to the total amount of the monomer components set at 100% by mass, 70 to 98% by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) including a noncyclic alkyl group containing 4 to 9 carbon atoms, 1.5 to 25% by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer (b) containing an aliphatic ring, and 0.5 to 5% by mass of a (meth)acrylic-based monomer (c) containing a functional group exhibiting reactivity with the cross-linking agent (B). The area proportion of the components each having a molecular weight of 100,000 or less, is less than 3.0%.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may be applied as a light diffusing or scattering material to various display devices or lighting apparatuses.